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American Association of Community Colleges, 2019
This issue of "DataPoints" shows how median earnings for individuals with associate degrees in STEM are $60,000 and $48,000 for individuals with a certificate in STEM, compared to $53,000 for bachelor's-degree earners in humanities and $46,000 for a bachelor's degree in education.
Descriptors: Income, STEM Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Liberal-arts colleges dominate the list of institutions with the highest percentage of graduates who go on to earn Ph.D.'s. A study based on a comparison of the number of bachelor's degree recipients who earned Ph.D's between 1951 and 1980 is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1975
The "course-taking" patterns of students in the seven colleges of the Hawaii Community College system have remained relatively stable over the past five years. As in the past, two-thirds of the total student credit hours (SCH) were generated in general education, and SCH in the Humanities comprised almost one-third of the total.…
Descriptors: Courses, Credits, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Fuller, Carol H. – 1986
Data on Ph.D. productivity during 1951-1980 for all accredited institutions are presented, along with a narrative summary. Productivity ratios were computed by dividing the average number of Ph.D.s conferred per year (1951-1980) by the average number of bachelor's degrees conferred per year (1946-1976) for each institution. Liberal arts colleges…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
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Change, 1985
Data presented are compiled from a Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching survey on enrollment patterns in college majors and faculty distribution among subject fields. Questions raised by the results are noted. (MSE)
Descriptors: Art, Biological Sciences, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Gold, Ben K. – 1980
Grade reports provided by California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA) were examined to determine the persistence of the 386 Los Angeles City College students who transferred to CSULA in Fall 1977. The reports for each quarter from Fall 1977 through Summer 1979 were analyzed in terms of the number of units attempted, the units completed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Business Administration Education, College Transfer Students
Lindquist, Victor R.; Endicott, Frank S. – 1983
Results of a 1983 survey on policy and practice in the employment of college graduates in 262 well-known business and industrial firms are presented. The number of companies hiring graduates in nine bachelors-level and five masters-level fields are specified for both 1983 and 1984, along with the number of graduates for each field and salary…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration Education, Career Counseling, College Graduates
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1984
Federal appropriations for higher education in fiscal 1985 in the Department of Education and other federal agencies are outlined in tabular form. Appropriations cover student and institutional assistance, research, adult education, library resources, aid to disadvantaged and handicapped, civil rights, health professions, arts and humanities, etc.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Civil Rights, Disabilities